Mahealani
Feminine · “Hawaiian”
The Hawaiian month has thirty nights and every one of them has a name. Mahealani is one of the full moon nights, the second of three, and the calendar it belongs to governed fishing, planting and ceremony with a precision the modern week does not attempt.
How old is the name Mahealani?
Mahealani first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Mahealani alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 600 people named Mahealani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mahealani most popular?
Mahealani peaked in 2002, reaching #5444 nationally. Today it ranks #9457, 4,013 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
From mahealani to Mahealani
The story of Mahealani
The Hawaiian moon calendar, the kaulana mahina, names each of the thirty nights of the lunar month and assigns each a character. The full moon phase includes Akua, Hoku and Mahealani, and the names govern practical decisions: which nights are good for planting particular crops, which for fishing particular species, which for ceremony and which for rest. The system is detailed and regionally variable, and it was maintained by specialists. It is being actively taught and used again in Hawaii after a long interruption. What makes it different from a Western calendar is that it is not a counting device but a description: each night is a named thing with properties, rather than a number in a sequence, and the name carries the information a farmer or a fisherman needed.
Meaning
Hawaiian, a night of the full moon
Mahealani is the name of one of the nights of the Hawaiian lunar month, falling in the full moon phase, and is often glossed as heavenly haze or the sky's mist. It is a genuine Hawaiian word and name, and the lani element, sky or heaven, is one of the most productive in Hawaiian naming. The American peak is 2002.
How the name formed
- mahealani
- Mahealani
Related forms: Mahealani
Pronouncing Mahealani
mah-heh-ah-LAH-nee
Five syllables, stress on the fourth. Every vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, which is why the name is longer in the mouth than English readers expect.
Nicknames for Mahealani
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 201823 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #5444reached in 2002
- Change vs 2024
- −23.1%10 in 2025, from 13
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mahealani in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mahealani in Hawaiian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Hawaii, California.
Mahealanis among us
people named Mahealani are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 160,727 born in 2025 was named Mahealani
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Perrin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mahealani's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Perrin climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Perrin's path sketches the road Mahealani is walking now.
Mahealani sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Mahealani beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mahealani in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Mahea and Lani are both usable short forms.
- It is a genuine Hawaiian word with a documented meaning.
- Every vowel is open and clear.
- Nine letters and five syllables will be shortened in daily use.
- English speakers run the vowels together.
- It is closely tied to Hawaiian tradition.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mahealanis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Mahealani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mahealani in 2025?
- Mahealani ranks #9457 among US girl names in 2025, with 10 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mahealani?
- About 1 in every 160,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Mahealani — 10 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mahealani with classmates?
- Mahealani will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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